Real Estate: Why home prices won’t bottom out Wed, Nov 16 2011 By John Wasik (Reuters) – Watching the U.S. home market struggle to rebound is like listening to children in the back of a car. No, we’re not there yet. The National Association of Realtors reported that ten real estate markets are “leading the […]
U.S. commercial-property loan originations rose to the highest since 2007 in the third quarter as banks, insurers and government-backed finance companies increased lending, the Mortgage Bankers Association said today. New loans for commercial and multifamily mortgages climbed 98 percent from a year earlier and 10 percent from the second quarter, according to an index compiled by […]
Nearly 1 in 3 adults — or 30 percent — live with their relatives, according to a new study. The cohabitation is known as “doubling up,” and it has risen to levels not seen since the Great Depression, according to a survey of 3,000 home owners and renters conducted by Hanley Wood. Recent U.S. Census […]